NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The pam_env PAM module allows the (un)setting of environment variables.
Supported is the use of previously set environment variables as well as
PAM_ITEMs such as PAM_RHOST.
By default rules for (un)setting of variables is taken from the config
file /etc/security/pam_env.conf if no other file is specified.
This module can also parse a file with simple KEY=VAL pairs on seperate
lines (/etc/environment by default). You can change the default file to
parse, with the envfile flag and turn it on or off by setting the
readenv flag to 1 or 0 respectively.

OPTIONS

conffile=/path/to/pam_env.conf
Indicate an alternative pam_env.conf style configuration file to
override the default. This can be useful when different services
need different environments.
debug
A lot of debug informations are printed with syslog(3).
envfile=/path/to/environment
Indicate an alternative environment file to override the default.
This can be useful when different services need different
environments.
readenv=0|1
Turns on or off the reading of the file specified by envfile (0 is
off, 1 is on). By default this option is on.

MODULESERVICESPROVIDED

The auth and session services are supported.

RETURNVALUES

PAM_ABORT
Not all relevant data or options could be gotten.
PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
PAM_IGNORE
No pam_env.conf and environment file was found.
PAM_SUCCESS
Environment variables were set.